The sky is blue with a single cloud
(Graphic Novel)

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United States : Drawn & Quarterly, ©2020.
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Published
United States : Drawn & Quarterly, ©2020.
Format
Graphic Novel
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xli, 342 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English

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The Sky is Blue with a Single Cloud' collects the best short stories from Kuniko Tsurita s remarkable career. While the works of her male peers in literary manga are widely reprinted, this formally ambitious and poetic female voice is like none other currently available to an English readership. A master of the comics form, expert pacing and compositions combined with bold characters are signature qualities of Tsurita's work. Tsurita's early stories 'Nonsense' and 'Anti' provide a unique, intimate perspective on the bohemian culture and political heat of late 1960s and early 70's Tokyo. Her work gradually became darker and more surreal under the influence of modern French literature and her own prematurely failing health. As in works like 'The Sky Is Blue with a Single Cloud' and 'Max', the gender of many of Tsurita's strong and sensual protagonists is ambiguous, marking an early exploration of gender fluidity. Late stories like 'Arctic Cold' and 'Flight' show the artist experimenting with more conventional narrative modes, though with dystopian themes that extend the philosophical interests of her early work. An exciting and essential gekiga collection, 'The Sky Is Blue with a Single Cloud' is translated by comics scholar Ryan Holmberg and includes an afterword cowritten by Holmberg and the manga editor Mitsuhiro Asakawa delineating Tsurita's importance and historical relevance.
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Translated from the Japanese.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Tsurita, K., Holmberg, R., & Asakawa, M. (2020). The sky is blue with a single cloud . Drawn & Quarterly.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Tsurita, Kuniko, 1947-1985, Ryan, Holmberg and Mitsuhiro, Asakawa. 2020. The Sky Is Blue With a Single Cloud. Drawn & Quarterly.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Tsurita, Kuniko, 1947-1985, Ryan, Holmberg and Mitsuhiro, Asakawa. The Sky Is Blue With a Single Cloud Drawn & Quarterly, 2020.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Tsurita, Kuniko, Ryan Holmberg, and Mitsuhiro Asakawa. The Sky Is Blue With a Single Cloud Drawn & Quarterly, 2020.

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